Police are investing the death of five people in Honolulu, Hawaii as a murder suicide.Photo:Craig T. Kojima/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP
Craig T. Kojima/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP
Police are investigating the death of five people in Honolulu, Hawaii — including three children ages 10, 12 and 17 — as an apparent murder-suicide.
The incident occurred on Sunday morning local time, per theAP.
Honolulu Police Department said that the office received an anonymous call around 8:30 a.m. and an officer responded to the scene.
PerNBC News,Honolulu Police Department Lt. Deena Thoemme said in a press conference on Sunday that the first responding officer “didn’t have enough information to make entry into the dwelling” on the first visit to the scene.
Officers entered the home after receiving a second call about an alleged domestic dispute.
“Based on the evidence found at the scene and the investigation thus far, it appears that the adult male killed the female and the juveniles with a knife that was recovered from the scene. The motive is still under investigation,” Thoemmes said.
“These don’t appear to be random acts,” she added, noting that police are conducting interviews and reviewing security camera footage as the investigation continues and that they did not have a clear motive yet.
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“This inexplicable tragedy has deeply shaken our community,” he added.
According to police, this is the deadliest mass murder in Honolulu since seven people were shot dead in the Xerox murders of Nov. 2, 1999 — the worst mass shooting to take place in the state to date.
Police now say that they are waiting for report from the medical examiner’s office before releasing the family’s names, perNBC News.
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source: people.com
